Hemispherectomy procedures in children: Haematological issues

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 453-458

  Piastra, M ^a   Pietrini, D ^a   Caresta, E ^a   Chiaretti, A ^a   Viola, L ^a   Cota, F ^a   Pusateri, A ^a   Polidori, G ^a   Di Rocco, C ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood loss; Coagulative impairment; Epilepsy surgery; Hemimegalencephaly; Hemispherectomy; Intractable epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; NEUROSURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 4043128834     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-004-0957-8     Document Type: Article

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